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Mecianne

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Have another "Help Me!" post.
I have a bowl mad of hand carved wlanuts (actually very pretty) that needs to be shadowboxed. I need shadowbox moulding that is approximately 3 1/2" deep and with a wood finish (oak, maple, walnut, lighter woods, etc.)
The bowl is 3" high.
Framer's Suppliers/Cash Moulding Sales don't have it. Larson doesn't have it.
Do you know of anyone I could check with? Websites preferrably (so I can see pics)
Thanks so much.
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Mecianne, why not use some convex glass, to take some of the depth of the item ?
Many of our framer clients here do this for deep 3D items, making it a much flusher package on the wall, and it will also have the benefit of enabling you to use a much wider range of shallower mouldings.
Because the deeper part of a bowl will be the outer rim, it is likely some shadow box or moulding depth will still be rewuired, dependant on bowl dimensions.
Pics at our website, and I have other example photos on file of this process that I could e-mail you.
If you're unsure or would like some advice e-mail me.
 
You can build Framerica "Boxers" in any depth, by adding matching extenders to the cap moulding. Some other mouldings can be stacked in similar fashion, to get to almost any depth.

Convex glass would be an interesting presentation idea, if you can get it deep enough. Another choice would be to buy an acrylic box to fit the bowl.

I would favor a see-through design, such as convex glass or acrylic box, instead of a solid-sided frame. The beauty of the item would be more visible that way.

How do you plan to mount the bowl? This might be a good project for bent-rod mounts, covered with shrink tubing. You can buy brass flat stock about 1/4" wide x 1/32" thick (or maybe it's in metric measure), which could be formed to fit the contour of the bowl, and grab the lip.
 
Hey Jim,
This is the way convex glass works with really deep items . . .
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I have seen framers jobs with straight sided moulding, like Boxer, and it looks even better, I feel, than behind the frame shadow boxing.
 
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